by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 16, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
Voted Berkeley’s Best Class, may I introduce Professor Richard Muller’s popular “Physics for Future Presidents!” Free podcasts of each lecture now available. From Muller’s website: Physics for future Presidents, (based on the book of the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 7, 2009 | Blog, Events, Science Education
In August, I participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund in North Carolina. To purpose of the event was to share with science education directors ways they can contribute to the public understanding of science and science education. The...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 6, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education, video
This is a video of Sally Ride on CNN talking about her space adventure as America’s first female astronaut. I had the honor of working closely with Sally Ride several years ago, first at Space.com, then when she hired me to create a middle school science...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 2, 2009 | Science Education
Here’s Science Cheerleader Reporter, Sarah. She interviewed the band “They Might Be Giants” about their new album “Here Comes Science!” John Linnel and John Flansburgh (often nicknamed “the two Johns”) first started writing...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 26, 2009 | John-the-Tourist, News, Science Education, Science Policy
Heeeeere’s John! About a year ago, Google announced it’s “10 to the 100th Power” contest to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The intent of the contest was to get ideas from around that would help the most number of people. Google would invest...
